A wife convinces her husband to fake his death so they can collect on the life insurance. However, he doesn't know that she has been having an affair for some time, and she has plans for the money - and they don't include him.

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When scheming fortune hunter and erstwhile Latin lover Ricardo De Villa learns that a wealthy but sickly widow has terminal heart disease, he seduces and marries the vulnerable millionairess. Playing the part of a faithful and doting husband, he carries on a torrid affair with sexy exotic dancer Fritzi Darvel while avoiding the suspicious eyes of her jealous bongo-playing husband. When his wife's condition seems to go into remission, the impatient De Villa decides on action that will hasten her seemingly inevitable death.Written by
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Fritzi Darvel:
Oh, so that's it! I had an idea you were playing up to that dame!
[She slaps him hard]
Fritzi Darvel:
You two-timing, no good... And on top of it, you don't even try to hide it! Carrying on an affair with another woman right under my nose! Why, you're not going to do it, and what's more, I think you're a phony! And I was ready to leave my husband! For what? For a big bluff like you!
[She succumbs to his persistant, passionate kiss]
Ricardo 'Rick' De Villa:
You know you're very beautiful when you get mad! But listen, no other woman ...
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Just another 1950's era low-budget B movie. Likely at its best as the third or so feature back then, at an all-night drive-in theater . . . where the real action is in the car rather than on the screen. 😁. Anyway, fun to watch so many decades later.

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